John Steinbeck

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The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath
John Steinbeck
Cannery Row
Cannery Row
John Steinbeck
The Pearl
The Pearl
John Steinbeck
The Red Pony
The Red Pony
John Steinbeck
The Pearl
The Pearl
John Steinbeck
The Moon is Down
The Moon is Down
John Steinbeck
The Pearl
The Pearl
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  • Jose-Luis Orozco
Saint Katy the Virgin
Saint Katy the Virgin
John Steinbeck
The Chrysanthemums
The Chrysanthemums
John Steinbeck
The Grapes Of Wrath
The Grapes Of Wrath
John Steinbeck
The Short Novels of John Steinbeck (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
The Short Novels of John Steinbeck (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
John Steinbeck
Journal of a Novel
Journal of a Novel
John Steinbeck
A Life in Letters
A Life in Letters
John Steinbeck
Zapata
Zapata
John Steinbeck
A Russian Journal
A Russian Journal
John Steinbeck
Once There Was a War
Once There Was a War
John Steinbeck
The Winter of Our Discontent
The Winter of Our Discontent
John Steinbeck
The Acts of King Arthur and his Noble Knights
The Acts of King Arthur and his Noble Knights
John Steinbeck
Cup Of Gold
Cup Of Gold
John Steinbeck
The Wayward Bus
The Wayward Bus
John Steinbeck
Travels with Charley
Travels with Charley
John Steinbeck
The Pastures of Heaven
The Pastures of Heaven
John Steinbeck
The Log from the Sea of Cortez
The Log from the Sea of Cortez
John Steinbeck
Burning Bright
Burning Bright
John Steinbeck
The Short Reign of Pippin IV
The Short Reign of Pippin IV
John Steinbeck
In Dubious Battle
In Dubious Battle
John Steinbeck
Sweet Thursday
Sweet Thursday
John Steinbeck
The Long Valley
The Long Valley
John Steinbeck
To a God Unknown
To a God Unknown
John Steinbeck
Tortilla Flat
Tortilla Flat
John Steinbeck
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Extracts

Read John Steinbeck's letter of fatherly advice to his son
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Extracts

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

The classic 1939 novel takes place during the Dust Bowl drought, which forced thousands of Americans to flee the prairies and travel to California. Here, Steinbeck depicts the fear felt by the western states in the face of the migration

John Steinbeck (1902-68) is remembered as one of the greatest and best-loved American writers of the twentieth century. During the 1930s, his works included The Red Pony, Pastures of Heaven, Tortilla Flat, In Dubious Battle, and Of Mice and Men. The Grapes of Wrath, published in 1939, earned him a Pulitzer Prize. In 1962, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.

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